Boat-transporting apparatus



May 18 1926.

J. J. F?. HAALCK BOAT TRANS PORT I NG APPARATUS 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 1Filed March 19l awww Mfg. )Y

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May 18 1926.

J. J. R, HAALCK BOAT TRANSFGRTING APPARATUS 5 fleets-Sheet 2 Filed March19. 1925 May 18 1926. 1,585,193

J. J. R. HAALCK;

BOAT TRANSPORT ING APPARATUS Filed March 19. 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 May18, 1926. .1,585,193

J. J. R. HAALCK BOAT TRANSPORTING APPARATUS Filed Mrch l@ 1925 5Sheets-Sheet 4 May 18 192e. 1,585,193 Jt J. R. HAALCK BOAT TRANSPORTINGAPPARATUS Filed Marh 19. i925 Y v 5 sheets-Sheetl 5 atto z neg 'CBEAJN,JRGEN BCARD HAALC, 0F BAKESFELD, CALIFRNIA.

IBOAT-TRNSGRTING APIPARAT'S.

Application tiled March 19, 1925.

his invention relates to boat transporting such as sliown in iny Patentsgranted March i9, i018? and .--i granted 1rloveniber 5, 1918, and 'Yapplication for patent- Serial ending' tn struc-taires shovafn in thesepatents d in 'he pending application beinnl so con- .icted that the boatmay be carried trein lower lev vl to higher level or vice versa andtal-:en from one body oi' wat-er to another, over hills or alone; anydesireil route.

in all ot the strnctines therein described and illustrator, the boatwhile being t insported up down incline is supported in a horizontalposition either, for instance, bv a swii no cradle which, through theaction ot vit'v, is kept horizontal, or, tor i ance, the boat is liftedat one end and tained in this horizontal position by jacls or lilceelements on the transporter while it is being carried up the incline ordown the ificline and lowered into the water. These devices necessitateverjyv great strength in the structure and an expenditure ot greatlifting' power, and this requires relativelyT coinplicated niechanisn'lhe present invention contemplates a. siniplitication oit sachtransporting;` apparatus and an elimination oil overhead boatsupporting` mechanism and ot power operated vmeans; 'for lifting' theboat by the provision oil a transporter which supports a lined cradle orboat carrier which, when the transpoi is in a horizontal position, isinclined but which, as the transporter inoves up the incline, isgradually brought to a horizontal position beneath the horizontalbottoni ot the boat and as the transporter' nieves up the incline littsthe boat upward out ot the wa.- ter. it farther contemplates in thisconnection a transporter having structural elements which, when thetransporter is on a horizontal stretch ot track and the boat is notsupporter thereby., nds at sach an inclination that when the transporteris dis posed upon the inclined portion ot the track and is inox/'ing`upward with the boat and supporting the saine, the structural elementswill be in a vertical position and the strain downward,

le. nrther objiect is to provide a transporter which is hauled up orlowered down the incline by a cradleoperated nieniber and power house,and to provide in connection with. the transporter a puller Or haulingtiled on the 25th day ot Marcin Serial No. 16,853.

trucl: also operated over the power house and operating on thehorizontal portion ot the track over which the transporter moves,whereby the transporter may be hauled along the horizontal canal orbasin toward or iroin the beginning of the inclined portion ot the trackand trein the transporter, which canal or basin constitutes the approachto the inclined portion ot the tra-ch.

A still further object is to provide means whereby, when the transporterhas been hauled to the peak or' the incline, it may be switched onto abranch track and so carried into another canal or basin into which theboat is gradually lowered until the boatl'loats independently ot thetransporter7 and to provide means whereb7 the cable connected to the.transporter may be lnoperljyv guided and shifted troni the first namedtracla, as may be called, into lin-e with this branch track and viceversa, said means being shitted out ot the way of the transporter as thetransporter arrives on the switch.

Another object is to provide means whereby the weight ot the transporteritsel'in4 may be coanterweighted as, for instance, when the transporteris moving' on dhe inclined portion ot the track so as to thereby reducethe power required to raise or lower th transporter.

Other objects have to do with the means for controlling the operation ofthe cables which ope ate tie transporter', the haulingl carriage and theeounterweight, and with the details' of construction which will be laterdescribed.

My Iiirfention is illustrated in the accoin panyinw' drawings, whereinFigure l is a vertical sectional view tlirough a basin showing theinclined trackwa7 by which a vessel is vdrawn upward troni a lower levelto a higher level.;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the tracl; structure shown in Figure l toshow the manner in which the transgoiteiL with its vessel is shiftedtroni the inain upwardly inclined. traclr to a traes running downwardinto the water;

Figure is a vertical. sectional view through the basin troni which thevessel is taken and through a portion of the upwai-dij.Y inclined trackFigure 4; is a like view to Figure 3 but showing` the vessel as itismoved onto the inclined. track;

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional. view lli) ii oni the baring jii'e G isai iop olziii View of th means for guiding the Cable the switch;

Figui'e 7 is an eid View of i'he conduit 13o;

Figui'e S is a top lahm View of 'the Sti'iiehire shown in lfigiii'e 3;

Figui@ 9 is L 'op plan view on ii'olliiig mechanism foi' the iiaiiispcontrolling; iii 113;

Figure 1l a gifle eleml'ioii of the iiiecli* :mism for eisiiig oilowering 'the Siueiui'e :fhon'ii iii l Cios's Seciion thi'oo camail andille basin showiig the i'iaiiepoiwu i fai-tion;

l` iguie l a ioiigiiuiliiml Seetioiinl View h ihe main clutch;

i Le; .ce 15 is :iii ond elevation o1 the Siruei'uie shown Iin Figurell;

Figure 2G is o, di' '21mm' i the iiizmiiei iii which h which l' l seClosei'il moet a sei' elieiii be geen that z mein.,

Lie ezilizil :l with which the canal eoiiiiiiuiimziicss.

i A:iilS l() and parallel rails 1 ihe iipiiffhie l2 oli ojie .omedistale-,u shove the 1 posts 16. lo simili com e 1.8, L'hiite iipi'igghslower sills l? of he preferably by means of coiled springe 19, is a heilConsisting of iizfiiisveisely extending cables 20. These cables areplaced rel?,- iziveiy close iogehei' nd he sgi-ings 19 aie ,i'eiiemhlyaiteiiefl so beams 2l, which iii 1 ifbtzicheil to 'che upi'ighs. lt willoe Figure 3 that the-.fie beams 2l :we

il oon'iiwzli'fl at un angle to Ehe hori- Cflil one @ml of theieiiepoii'ei', Jie foro' "d end, the beams oiE "he cables Q() is I,ottoni oi the trans- Y Vh end this hed is relaiively high above theboohi ol" the 'fi'nnrspoi-tei'.

il, will Yrom Figure f3 ihm; hf, i i fr mooi'iiig' pos l) a ai zii angleo the vei'l'iciil :mal e. i n to ille inclination oi the beams jimliiiial iiiembei'g l which i i y, Mea

l; Y of Wheels being mounted upon jhe -e 25.-, he Wheels i213 ongoingwith il e Y s il() mi@ theI Wheels with the ils i ifz.ii:poifte1 is iiiuV horizontal positioi afs iowa in Figiii'e Ll-. thai; the bed7 by whichio he digue/cl ehe cables 2()A ilieii Springs;

allied parie", is clieposoil in u (lowi- 'ly and ioi'wucily incline(poe' oii. hifi when the t@ oirreaches ihe 11pineaL portion C oj he iaek.the

., iheii he iii a Veiti al poitioii It will likewise be iioiecl ihcit hei the bei will he in a horiz-smul positioi.. ie obvious tha 11'? theizmfspoi-iei' with its bed heneaih the Ye sel vale-i' of the canal oi'one end will he afljacei;

for ino' i0 l a imi 'he ioiwziiil poilimi of the lv eoiniiioiioe io ifibeneath ih-'3 hoax# i j, and when lie tra ,marier e inclined poi'gio'; Cof the 1fill be Clisiiofieil in i hm'ii poe-5i iolA ben iz ti n of 'iheboat, the nioiiieii when ilzs occurs; the boei -will be still loa'ii` yy,

with only a minimum o1" weight upon the bed, but as ihe Loii ul-- mincesup the inclined poi'ion C the oeil o Y. L 1 ine utile: zum

she tianspoiiei will lift he bool" zwi/l ihn; boat will he giaduallylien out of' ill-1;

transporter. "it this time v 25 is ifouid. 'rhon power 1e applied tothis drum direction, the transporter is drown o he upper end et theineliie, ond when the power is released the Weight of the transporte-ror the transporter and b et will cause the drinn to rotate in thereverse direction, the cable to be unWound, and the tieneH porter tomove on down the incline.

Betere describing' what oeeure when the trenspor'er `and the vessel leve reached the toi of the incline, will describe the ineens wherebj,7the drum 2T ie operated. This drinn 2'? `is mounted upon a shatt 28 undthe drum carries e broke et any suitable chere-eter whereby the speedot' the drinn new be controlled. llfounted upon this shalt QS is e gearWheel 30 and sprocket Wheel 3l. Extending); parallel to the shaft 2S 1sa Countersl sie 32 upon which is mounted 'i i9 effing O y the geur Wheel3 ries upon it on eutonirt *i l not describe at the )respower to be lil.s)

^ or power or wheel. end he sprocket iifheel to toe heit ed in the i zbloei is e so mounted 'thereon in l 1' ng mriille Ld one, Course, loeLiouse, ie o power shaft "3 5 driven bj; o.. nio'or carrying a betpullejy7 n poslsfi'e e belt il to u fiel*- i t ST- Ainy other siiemitting pover to the sha.-

Vloo". y mounted Upon this iiion o@ 'vhieh meshes with the gear i :21"leo iooeely mounted upon he sproelret Wl'ieel 43 which ie l o sprocketWheel in@ 'i i eel th teh ed n tvnd :he i ole $26 elly ithe'r into ontCfr.

engagement with the pinion 3o that the shaft 32 Will be turned in oneldirection that when., on the Contrary, the eluteh member i6 is shiftedinto engagement with the clutch teeth on the sproeket vv'heel 41.3 theshaft 32 will be torneo 70 in 1the reverse direction. Lhus I heiT prolfhsi't 32 end. thereiiore, the shaft Q8 in either t` i. The shaft 37also carries upon or belt Wheel Ll which is loosely ,pon the Shettandwhich e1 i rie shaft by Ineens or the @luto t i ne in one see-tion, butas L nr fter o orreted from the sections e owe" being` transmitted fromthe Neethe eer-tion 37 through e friction S5 oonetrnetion will be nonYde- Referring; to gure 14e, it Wiil be eeen that this friet-ion block isformed in two outer Sheli or barrel C, '.onnted 51p is keyed upon theshe it section 3T by ineens ot u. key 52, this outer shell or barrel 5ldel;

having o longitudinally extending re less in which the shaft section 37@extends.

tion the borrel or to the por 5l is prei l with triangular ree whichelitenff from the ente the barrel the es et' theeV being; inn/ord and i2 e the 'nner of the barrel.

surrounding the barrel 5l is a cylindrical shell 57 also formed withslots 58 which align with the recesses 55. Disposed within therectangular el embers 56 are e series ot' friction blocks which beeragainst the peripherT ot the oiuteh member 5e, sind pass-- ing inwardthrough the slots or receeeee 55 and 55 are a plurality of bolts 6()which are hinged to the bloelis which et their outer ende etend beyondthe shell 5T end pase through curved, outwairdlj,T bowed irons 6l. aredisposed on the bot Nuts G2 60 on each siate ot each iron 6l.

obvious now that it the shell 57 be witted toward the right in Figure lethe holte 60 viii be disposed et ein ongle to e piene at Vright onglesto the exis of the barrel5 but the-tif the shell 57 be shifted towardthe lett in. Figure 14; the irons 6l Willearry the bots into or toward eposition right engles. to the longitudinal axis oi the shell and througho toggle e. -t o torce' the friction blocks menige to is a stud relationentially with periphery ot' the wheel 32 is ich carries upon it a stopacross the iace oil the l, st which the stud 3o will bear or sti;L iewhen the wheel Q2 has niade a senil-revolution. This stop 33 is pivotedat 8S). Mounted upon tl support 37 and upon the support 90 is a bolt 91which is ureed by a, spring S2 into position across the lace o1" thewheel 32 but which is held baclr out otits projected position by meansot a locking pawl 93. rlhis locking pawl is connected by a linl' Sil tothe stop lever 33. and the lower end oi the linlr 94; is connected byineens ol a spring 99 with the ineniber ST. Attached to the bolt 91is anoperatingl cord 100 having a handle 101 passing over a pulley 102 sothat when this operating cord is pulled the bolt 91 will be retracted.

rlChe operation of this portion of the mechanism is as follows: 17a/*hentransporter moves up the branch tracks 10b and 11) and about to strikethe guide spool 09, the banale 101 is pulled, which retracts tire bolt01 which at this tiine proyccting over the stud 30. is soon as this isrotractec 'ust the 'torce et spring it i cai ht by the pawl 93 and atthe san; tune the strain on' the cable 'i3 will cause the rotation thewlieol in counterclocliwise li on, thus droppingv the traine Tl into thepit Ti", thus moving the tra ie 71 with the spindle or spool 09 out ot'iii-ie way of the trainer nner. 'l he guiding pulley or spool 09 is usedwhen the transporter has been drawn up onto the switch 'tracks 10 and11a then is about to be guided along onto the tracks l0b and 11b. Thisspool is then raised but is lowered immediately that the transporterreaches the spool and then is again raised alter the transporter haspassed onto the rails 10h and 1l and then holds the cable 25 at theiniddle ol the trac is 10 and 1.1h while the transporter is passing'down these branch tracks to the upper canal or brein lt is also, otcourse, used when the transporter is being` drawn upward along thesebranch tracks 10'J and 11b and is dropped just as the transporter entersupon the tracls 10a and 11a and reinains dropped iile the 'transporteris passing,l along the ti 10a and 115l and onto the tracks 10 and 11 anddown these tracks5 as it is not used except when the transporter ismoving on the tracks 10b and 11b.

For the purpose ol' counterbalancing the transporter and thusrelievingthe. strain on the n'iotor, l provide a counterbalaneing drum,designated 103, (see Figure 9) which is inoi'lnted upon a shaft 10stextending parallel to the shafts 32 and 28. This druin is Irast upon theshalt 10d and is controlled by means ot a brake band 105 or any othersuitable brel-:1o. il counterweighting cable 100 is wound upon the drum,this cable being; connected to a counterweight 10i" inounted upon acarriage ot truck 108. Vlhe shaft 1041 is driven by ineens ot a sprocketwheel 1i.- inounted upon the shaft and over which passes sprocket chain110 which passes over the sprocket wheel 31. This sprocket wheel 119 isloose uron the shalt 104 but inay be clutched thereto by means ot the chnienib r 111 operated by will nieve up its track as the transporternieves down its track,

For the purpose ot shitting the transporter longitudinally along the basin and in a direction away 'troni the inclined track C, l provide ahaulingtruck, which l will hereatter designate the puller, this haulingtruck, as illustrated in Figure 5, comprisingl a body 11.3. upon leurwheels 1111 which operate upon the tracks 11 and the body is held tothese tracks 11 by a depending ineinber 115 which has a roller 116engaging beneath the `head et the rail 1-1. rThis body 113 is connectedto cable 117 which passes around a pulley 118 operatively supported atthe end of the basin reinote troni the incline C. To the opposite end ottrie body 113 is pivoted vertically shittable draw 1 ars 119 which attheir ends are 'formed with hooks constituted by downwardly extendingshoulders 1207 the draw bars 119 having their ends upwardly curved, asat 121. These shoulders or iooks 120 engage with a transverselyextending;` bearn or like element 122 on the rear end ol eachtransporter. The bony 113 extends out 'eneath the draw hars 119 and actsto support the draw bars in a horizontal position, and pivoted upon thesides of the body and adapted to engage with the draw bars to littthei'n are bell crank levers 123. These bell cranlr levers are pivotedt0 the projecting; portion ol the body l113 and are so disposed thatwhen the bell crank levers are turned with their arins 121 upward thehooked draw bars will be raised and when the arins 12-1 are turned intoa horizontal position or nearly to a horizontal position, the bars willbe lowered.

For the purpose of automatically turning these bell oranlr levers intotheir vertical position and thus lifting the hooked draw bars, l provideadjacent the beginning ot the upwardly inclined portion C of the tracks'lhis body 113 is mounted j track, as desired.

the stop irons 125 elined forward ent f the deipei din cranks downwardinto a vertical position. rl'he cable 11.7 pz: from the pulley 113, a ipreviously described, and then passes over t ide prille i' 123 and 129and then pa as. for instance, through a conduit 13G over a drum 131,then bach along,l the track, and abore the ties thereof to the forwardend of the puller 113 to which it is attached at 130. Preferably theconduit 130 is divided into two parts b y the separator 133 (see Figure7) and the upper stretch of the cable 117 passes through the upperportion of the conduit, While the lower stretch passes through the lowerportieri. By operating the drum 131, it is obvious that the cable 117may be shifted in either direction to thus pull the hauling' carriage113 either away from the inclined portion C of the track or toward theinclined portion of the T his drum 131 is mounted upon a shaft 13/1which, of course, is disposed Within the operating room, and this shaftcarries upon it the gear Wheel 135 -which meshes with a pinion 136loosely mounted upon a shaft 137 extending,T parallel to the shaft 134.

Also mounted upon the shaft 13d is a sprocket Wheel 133 over Whichpasses a. sprocket chain 139 to a sprocket Wheel 1li-.O loosely mountedupon the shaft 137 n shiftable clutch 141 is adapted, in an obviousmanner, to connect either the sprocket Wheel 139 With the shaftor thegear Wheel 13G with the shaft so as 'to rotate the drnin 131 either inone direction or the other. rlhe shaft 137 is, of course, to be drivenby power and is preferably formed in two sections, as heretoforedescribed, and provided with a. friction block or clutch 142. Eithermounted vabove the shaft 137 or in any suitable relation thereto is ashaft lil-3, which shaft carries upon it a beveled gear wheel les whichmay mesh with the beveled gear Wheel M5 mounted upon the shaft 137. ItWill be understood. that any suitable gearing` may be arranged between.the shafts 137 and 143 so as to drive the shaft 1%3 from the shaft 137.

lilxtendinp` parallel to the shaft 1&3 is a second drum shaft 1341carrying upon it a drum 13121, and the mechanism connecting this shaft143 With the shaft 134:n is the same as that between the shaft 137 andthe shaft- 131- and, therefore, it is not believed necessary torecapitulate this description. En tending over the drum 131n is a cable117, which cable is connected to a second haulingcarriage or pullerarranged for the branch basin or canal and operated precisely the saineas the carriage 113, by the same mechanism, and in the ne way.

in Figure 1G, l have shown diagrammatically the manner in which thetracks and which have upwardly inls 12C. Springs 127 act i, j arms ofthe bell nasales.

r canals would be used in crossingi l. eoruitry and carrying' a vessel,for ance, from a river on one side of hills "ver or basin or any otherport on the site of the hills. it ll be obvious the mechanism which havedevised t be used in a large nur; ber f lilli'eren.; ations other forcrossing` a sligntly cle `ed country7 or for carrying ships around somereason be built.

The operation of the device will be oli Vious from what has gone before.sel enters the lower canal Wh'eh diately to one side of the basin il.ris soon as it desired to lift the vessel, the puller 113 is operated bymeans of the cable 11T and the whirlingl drum 131 to dranv thetransporter' from a position adjacent the eline C to the opposite end oftht c liefore the transporter' is lnougrht into sition, horse er, thevessel isY 'rifarsi-nl otherwise shifted into position against tlsideWall 1116 of the basin, as sho l. Fi ure 13, and may be held to theposts 1.47 l; cables, The transporter then pulled b the hauling;carriage 113 into position lah ne `th the vessel, as shown in 'y yeselis then connected by means of cables d to the post 1o and when the cahas been proijx-erly connee ed to the the strain is placed upon thecable through the instrumentality ol the pooperated drum 27. rlhis drawsthe runsporter up the incline C and, of draws the vvessel along` withthe transpoi iiihen the transporter' reaches the incline it rises andthe bed formed of the members 21, 2O and 13 comes up beneath lic bottoniLil of the boat and as the transporter moves upward thA boat isgradually lifted until eventually, and when the rei-tical members 19Jhave reached their vert'.- cal position, the boat .resting` full;l uponthe bed or cradle and is onl,'

slightly supported, if at all, by the nacer. The transporter then movesup the inclinel to any desired distance.

1t may be stated here that as porter moves over to the beginning` of theinclined portion C, the (hanv bars 1i be lifted by reason of thedependinuv arms of the bell crank loyers 123 strilinfg the inclinedfaces 126 of the stop irons l'bis then releases the hauling' carriage lits engagement with the transporter'. transporter then mores up theincline C, as before stated, but the hauling carriage re mains at thebottom of the incline read;Y for a descending' transporter.

lihen the transporter arrives on switch rails 10il and 11", the switchrails are shifted so as to align them with the branch rails 10" and 11].The connection of the drum Q7 with the power operated shaft 3l -3 issoon as the trans upon the ralls 10 le or gnde 69 is raised by uppercenal, which may be but short distance below the lfhen it a relativelyTrails l0I and 11% reaches a horizontal position, the second pn ler orhauling-` carriage if'hich on the branch teck is in posi'ion to receiveit, and as the transporter cornes to this carriage the beani 122 strikesthe npwardly inclined ends 121 ot the c aiv lli/- and liilits these drewbars nn in hooks 1Q() engageover the rii power is applied to the cable11,7, or

.wir betie carriage 1131L is drawn. along the canal ing with it thetrainsl orter, nntil o p place is reached tor the vessel to l;

leased troni its engagement -with the 16, whereupon the vessel possesont over the transporter and passes on in berth or into the lanal leadillhc operator then reverses which draws the tronsporter back, i t whenthe transporter reaches the npvnrflly inclined portion C, the bell cranklever 1:5

Will again operate to release the transporter troin its engagen'ientwith the hauling carriage lll-l". The transporter is then zig-nin drawnn*l iro-on the svftch rails 10 1ln and thc sv't h are again turned intot iv'th the rails 10 and 11, the f is depressed, and

ed to roll down the lfb' and 1.1 and rails 10 and l1 into i l to receiveanother vessel tiro-in the canal bvionsiy the :tor trnisportino to theloiv lex boats Vtroni the l. claim:- 1. A bont transporting sjvstei'nincluding a lower basin, an upper basin, rails en: tcndiinr npvvart atan inclination to the level ot the upper basin, switch rails er;tending,` noward from the upper ends oil the innin rails, branch ri i sextending downward to the upper basin and Wit-h which the switch railsare adapted to align, ineens for shitting); the switch 'ails 'troni theinain rails to the branch rails and vice versa, a boat transportermoving` over the rails, a cable attached to one end ot the t ansp rterand esteinling;l np said inclined track, a WindingI drinn disposed abovethe inclined switcn rz ils and with which said cable is connect ed,means tor applying power to the transtransporter inev be used boots'troni the high level Woll as transporting;

porter to Wind np or unwind drinn, and a guide spool ino/f."L

ont of the path of inov nient or l, porter and disposed at the middle orthe switch track at the entrance end thereof 'l 'i l Wnereby to causetne cable to tief: at this point and permit the cable to extend down1.1, e 'oggi .1.' i 1 1 ,.1 in. in ie ci tne oiancn tinck.

,2. boat transpoitinn` systein includingi lower l asin, upper basin,rails extendig troni the lower basin upward toward c upper basin loivcrbrein, switch rails cntendiig upward oppor ends' inain rails, brsnchrails extending downward to the upper basin and with which the switchrails are adapted to align, ineens :lor shitting the switch rails'rointhe niain rails to the branch rails and vice verse, boattransporter moving` over the rails, a cabi attached to one end ol' thetransporter1 and e. tlnding up said inclined track, a vsi drnin disposedabove the inclined d ll .1.a will en "ails and vwith which said cr-.oleis connected, n guide spool niovable into or ont of the path ofino-vement oIn the tinnsporter l osed at the middle ot' the switch tY tle cnt ance end thereof whereby i ii :o censo the calle to fiez; atthispoint ant perinit the cable to extend down the middle ot the l ranchtrack, a pit beneath the spool, a hinged freine supporting` the spoolant inox ible with the spool dovvn into the pit, manually controlledpower operated ineans 'or raising` the tran e and locking it in itsaisee position, and manually operable ineans for releasing saidlocking,` ineans to permit the traine to drop into the pit.

8. A boat transportingsystem including` a basin, a track extendinghorizontally along tie asin and then upward and ont ot' the basin at aninclination thereto, a boat trans movingl on the track and having a`oasupporting bed, a cable connected to one end ot the boat transporterwhereby it may be hauled np the inclined track or lowered dovxn thesaine, sind a power operated puller operating on the horizontal portionot the track and adapted to hanl the transporter along the horizontalportion of the track away roin the inclined portion thereof.

A boat transporting` s vsteni including a basin, a track extendinghorizontally along the bottoni thereof and then npvard and ont oi the,basin at an inclination thereto, a wheeled transporter movable along thetrack and having` boat-supporting ineens thereon, a Winding mechanismdisposed at the top ot the inclined portion of the track, a cableextending troni the Winding inschanisin down the inclined portion ot thetrack and connected to tl adjacent end of the transporter, and a poweroperated hauling carriage operating; on the horizontal tion of the trackand movable vtherealong *extending in either direction rind havingineens 'l'or :intonmtienlly engaging one end of the transporer when thetranrporier is at i'he lower end o1" die inclined portion or the creek5. A hout transporting sys'eln including e hesin, n l'rziek eA iendingiorizontally along #he booin thereof and then upward and oni of 'eheiesin at nn inclination thereto, :i wheeled transporter nioiehle alonghe track end having hout-supporti g ineens thereon, :i Winding'ineelnniisin disposed at the Cop of the inclined portion of the'ir-cieli, :i cz hie freni ine Winding mechanism inclined porion of thet 'rick and to the acjzicent ena o1* rho 'rei .fsnowcr operiiied haulingcarri-ege donn the connected pori/er, :i operating on the horizenaiportion o1 the reci: and movable hereelong in eiher di- 'ecrion andhaving menne Jfor automatically 'igziging one end *che ransporter whenthe transporter is et he lower end of the inclined porion of the track,end ineens causing the dieengegeinen of the puller from 'the trump .rer'when the treni orter has heen drawn hy he cable toward 'he inclined o`tion of the truck and has reached oi L n n l the roc-i of seid inclinedportion.

''rinispoicing system including' 3. 3L iJOLt A i ,i iny r, trackexi'ifnding herir/fonhilly'y along "he basin und then upward and ont ofAhe basin :it :in inclination thereto,l :i irnisnorer niovznjile over hetrack, e Winding device mounted at the up@ end of Jche inclined portionof the track, n able extending frein the Winding` device downward to the4" rans- Qorte' und operatively connected `thereto whereby theirrinspor'er may he drawn up Jche inclined. portion of the track orlowered mames down the sinne, and power operated ineens 'for shiftingthe transportes.' along the horizonizil Lor'ion of the Traci; in saidbasin :1w-ny freni the inclined porion.

honiy transp n'ing syseni incr; i n cinch exending lnn'ixontelly ah iand then nm'erd :ind o iii an inclination thereto, :i ininspore Y or thetre/eli, n. vinci devi inonni'ed at ihe npyer portion oi il e tradi, ecable e; the n'indi ice ewnwnrd "o the Trensperier conneceii hereigoInny be dra fn up orion of che ire li or lowered por-:er operated ineensfor snorier along Jdie horizontal ii in seid hnein away roin Lionincludinga carriage breek and having pivoted end, the 'lrnw hars beingC" .,'e over a portion of the cfble utuched to op- L leiding freinwhereby nierine for *releasing gement with t Y Seli i'izi'ii le? @zichhaving' :i .i :i in exending hearen' bar, and ineinneginning o'j 4die.inhe trici; with which levers; :ire

il erin' the hell L) Q crank levers lo reine the in iesiinony vhereoi' ihei signature.

